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Tablet by James Wallace Buchman
Photo CreditGSA\Liz Mees
Tablet
Photo CreditGSA\Liz Mees

Tablet

Artist
Year1979
Classification sculpture
Medium cast concrete, black granite and steel
Dimensions12 ft. 11 7/8 in. x 4 ft. 5 15/16 in. (396.2 x 182.9 x 137.2 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • Installed in a wall niche at the Federal Building in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Buchman's work is a composite piece which visually ties together two large monolithic forms, both mounted on the same pedestal.  The concrete cast forms the lightest tone and the backing shape for the sculpture, is textured with a stucco-like pattern.  In front of the wall stands a black granite slab with slightly tilted horIzontal lines carved into the stone, the legs of the stone made of unpainted steel.